Daniel Alcanja’s Journalhttps://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/Notes on building software and learning along the way.en-usThe client who raised our standardshttps://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-12-the-client-who-raised-our-standards/https://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-12-the-client-who-raised-our-standards/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTSeeing my friend Matt again brought me back to the early days of Trio—and to a question about what matters as AI changes our work.Why I wanted a place of my ownhttps://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-who-do-i-mean-by-we/https://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-who-do-i-mean-by-we/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTI started with a simple goal: help people find me. Then I realized I wanted a place to share how I think, too.The person still gets to say nohttps://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-the-person-still-gets-to-say-no/https://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-the-person-still-gets-to-say-no/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTI was showing Lace an AI tool for our Trio content team. I wanted it to help her do more, while leaving the choices in her hands.Maybe we should start with dinnerhttps://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-maybe-we-should-start-with-dinner/https://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-maybe-we-should-start-with-dinner/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTAlex, Zack, and I had plenty of ideas for Trio. Then our conversation turned to something simpler: sitting down with people and listening.Can you explain it without the tech words?https://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-explaining-the-work-is-part-of-the-work/https://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-explaining-the-work-is-part-of-the-work/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTIn a meeting with engineers from Trio, I shared a part of the job I had to learn myself: helping someone else understand.Let’s make the tool easier to usehttps://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-ai-gives-me-more-reasons-to-keep-things-simple/https://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-ai-gives-me-more-reasons-to-keep-things-simple/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTLucas was showing us a tool for our Trio team. I was excited, but I kept thinking about the person who would use it.Pick a tool that fits the jobhttps://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-start-with-the-constraint/https://www.danielalcanja.com/journal/2026-11-11-start-with-the-constraint/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTShrishti and I were reading a draft post for Microapp. One line made me stop and ask what the real problem was.